Best vinyl reissues of the year so far?

The Division Bell, Geffen's Tommy and Music Matter's Moanin' get my votes

 

Good thread. Keep 'em coming!

 

Those Led Zep reissues sound pretty good.

 

Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs, Barrett, Opel

 

Universal Back to Black Folk Rock titles - 'The North Star Grassman And The Ravens', 'I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight' and 'Liege and Leif'.

Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms. (Anthology)

The Doors - Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine, (Rhino)

Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind. (MOV)

 

Zep and Lucinda Car Wheels

 

Led Zeppelin I , II and III De Luxe LP editions - can't get any better than these.

 

Did you compare these to originals by any chance ?

 

Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind

 

I don't have the original vinyl, only cd's. The reissues are flat, quiet and sound really good to me. Original UK copies may well be better, but for about £15 each these are worth getting. Nice reproduction of the covers and labels too.

 

Are there different sources for the deluxe and standard release of this reissue? I have the basic III and it sounds awesome.

 

Sandy Denny: The Northstar Grassman and the Ravens. (Island Universal).

 

I don't think so, no. You should be doing fine with the standalone versions. I only have the deluxe version, that is why I posted about those ......

 

The Allman Brothers Fillmore East LP, although the tracks were remixed

 

François Bayle's L'Expérience acoustique, by Editions Mego (featuring a cameo by Robert Wyatt !).
Though that might be late 2013.
If it is, then : Jean-Claude Risset's Music from Computer, comprising "Sud", "Mutations" and "Computer Suite from Little Boy", Editions Mego as well.

 

Fleetwood Mac: 'Boston, Volume 2'. [Haven't heard Volume 3, yet.]

 

Does the consensus seem to be that the remixes are good?

 

Stevie Ray Vaughan "Texas Hurricane Box" - all his studio lps better then the originals from AP
Music Matters 33 Blue Notes - All of them year to date with more to come.
Alan Parsons "On Air" MOV

 

In no particular order:

Bob Wills - Transcriptions
Anytime you can get great sounding Bob Wills you have to take it.

Johnny Cash - With His Hot & Blue Guitar
ORG makes sure every 'ca-chunk' comes thudding through your speakers.

Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
MFSL Silver Series does 3 Priest lps - all very good. This one in particular held up against the original, and even surpassed it in some points.

Garcia/Grisman
The biggest surprise of the year - if only because it's never been available on vinyl before. Amazing job by MFSL again, extremely intimate sound, like these guys are in the room.

Dire Straits - On Every Street
High price point - so buy it on sale. But the pressing is as quiet as can be - which is of import for this release.

Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties
Speakers Corner shows why they are the best company out there in my opinion - and what a choice of a title - wish this band got more audiophile treatment.

Sade - Strong Than Pride
It's Audio Fidelity - it's Kevin Gray - not much else to say. The bass comes through your speakers like a Boa slithering down the Amazon.

Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
I met Miles Davis.
(gratuitous name drop to finish this list off )

 

The Music Matters Blue Notes are wonderful. Everything you could ask for with a reissue--all analog from master tapes, top engineers, stunning packaging, and a product that outshines the original.

 

Yes

 

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - s/t.
I was really happy to get this on vinyl - and not have to pay $90 for that privilege on eBay. Nice packaging, and it sounds great.

 

All the KISS reissues. Music from The Elder may be one of the best-sounding LPs in my collection.

All the AP QRP-pressed Prestige Mono series. And the covers are incredibly well-built too.

 

Alice in Chains - Dirt
Blind Melon - s/t
Metallica - Master of Puppets (comes out Monday August 25)

 

Double post...sorry